#27

Comparison Essay:

The early bird gets the worm

2/14/11

           There is a saying that everyone knows; the early bird gets the worm. It means that people who wake up early succeed. However, it’s still up for debate whether early birds will benefit. There surely are benefits and disadvantages when getting up at dawn. Early birds do get morning hours for constructive purposes. On the other hand, recent studies have shown that getting up early causes health issues and it depends on one’s gene.

             Early birds are productive in two ways. Early birds use their time for constructive purposes. Subtracting the time people spend by working and taking care of other needs, for instance, sleeping, eating, from 24 hours, equals to ‘little’ time. This problem can be solved by just waking up two hours before one’s usual get-up-time. If a person wakes up two hours earlier, s/he can save 730 waking hours per year. This 730 hours could be used for self improvement or simply improvement of the quality of life. Early birds also get quiet morning hours for themselves. They get fewer distractions from their babies, noise, car engine… etc. They can relax and work in peace with certain concentration.

             However, waking up early isn’t as good as it seems to be, according to recent studies. Studies have shown that waking up early may cause health problems. If a person doesn’t get certain hours of sleep, one might get sick because one’s body won’t cope. Not only that, even if people wake up early, they would have to sleep early, which leaves to not gaining extra time after all. Recent studies have also shown that some people just don’t work well in the mornings, because it’s all in our genes. Each and every person has their own natural rhythm. We have to follow it instead of violating it. Those of who did violated their natural rhythm found out that they got groggy and body dysfunction till the rest of the day and didn’t actually get anything done. This concludes to how waking up early doesn’t necessarily make people succeed.

             As one can see, early birds might and might not succeed. It’s all in their genes. Some people are early birds when the others are night owls.